Saddle-tree



(No Model.)-

T. ESMEANEA, SADDLE TREE.

NQ. 261,374. Patented J l -1e, 18:82.

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WITNESSES w/gac/qw ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE E. MEANEA, OFNORTH DENVER, COLORADO.

SADDLE-TREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,374, dated July 18, 1882. Application filed November 26, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatl, THEODORE E. MEANEA, of North Denver, Arapahoe county, Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in, Saddle-Trees, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of a metal neck or horn for saddles, especially adapted for stockdri-vers use for holding the lariat.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved saddle-tree; and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same, taken on the line :10 w of Fig. 1.

The saddle-tree A is of the ordinary construction, except that the part B is formed with the small upwardly-projecting neck a instead of with the usual full-sized horn or neck, and that this projection is bored through, form- 'ing the hole b, as shown in Fig. 2. Upon this projection a is placed the metal casing D, which is secured by screws 0 and the bolt or rivet d, which passes through the hole I). The casing D has the outline shown clearly in Fig. 1, and it has the wooden plate or cap 0 over and upon it, on which the rivet d is headed, as shown at f, which gives the horn or neck a cheap and sufficiently substantial finish, and does not inaterially weaken the neck or horn.

By this construction the born or neck of the saddle is of sufficient strength -to stand the use to which it is intended to be put, and is of graceful form and appearance.

I am aware of the Letters Patent for saddle-trees granted to E. E. Light, dated December 9,1879, No.222,514,and to H. 0. Still and J. It. Still, dated September 18, 1877, No. 195,415, and I therefore lay no claim to such constructions, my invention being confined to the construction and arrangement of the parts as pointed out in the claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination, with the saddle-tree A, of the poinmel B, secured by screws to the upper front part of the tree, and provided with the small neck a, havingthe hole b, and the metallic casing D, fitted and secured by screws on said neck, wooden cap 0, havinga recess in its upper face and resting on the upper ends of the neck and casing, and rivet d, passing through the hole b and provided with the head f, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

THEODORE E. MEANEA.

Witnesses:

LORENZO D. HERE, LEOPOLD '1. HAAK. 

